In fact, you??™ll probably use the information from this chapter even when working with the
graphical version of Windows Server 2008. For example, you don??™t have any graphical means of
changing the boot configuration in Windows Server 2008, you must use the BCDEdit utility.
In this chapter, you??™ll learn how to do the following:
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Manage the boot configuration using the BCDEdit command
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Access the WinPE network installer using the NetCfg utility
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Obtain system configuration information using the SystemInfo utility
Managing the Boot Configuration with the
BCDEdit Command
The Boot Configuration Data Store Editor (BCDEdit) command is a powerful replacement for the
BootCfg utility provided with previous versions of Windows. The main reason for the replacement
is that Microsoft has significantly changed the boot cycle to accommodate new technologies such
as BitLocker. The BCDEdit utility relies on commands, as do many utilities in Windows, but you
access the commands from the command line, rather than using an interactive environment as you
would when working with other utilities such as Telnet. You specify one or more commands in
sequence to obtain specific results from BCDEdit.
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